THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent

v.

Dennis Zulfer, Petitioner.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Richland County
Paul E. Short, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 25620
Heard March 19, 2003 - Filed April 7, 2003

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia; for Petitioner.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals opinion in State v. Zulfer, 345 S.C. 258, 547 S.E.2d 885 (Ct. App. 2001). After careful consideration, we dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.